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dispirited

 
Adjective dispirited has 2 senses
  1. dispirited, listless - marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation"
    Antonym: spirited (indirect, via spiritless)
  2. blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited - low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
    Antonym: elated (indirect, via dejected)
Verb dispirit has 1 sense
  1. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
    --1 is one way to discourage
    Sample sentence:
    The bad news will dispirit him
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